Harbourside area
The regenerated waterside is a great place to drink, especially on summer afternoons. on welsh back, there's the famous old duke jazz pub and, opposite it, the famous lladngoer trow - plus, the apple, a floating cider bar. bristol's famous bar on a boat, the thekla, is around the corner, and there are plenty of big chain and independent bars on canon road. millennium square has lots of chain restaurants and bars centered on the impressive mirrored 'imaginarium' and fountains. the waterfront by the hippodrome can be rowdy of a weekend and is best avoided.
Park Street
Park row, clifton triangle and whiteladies road: whiteladies road runs from the downs on top of blackboy hill, past clifton on one side and cotham and redland on the other; at the triangle, traffic runs around the eponymous island of shops and bars before pushing down park street to the center of bristol. there are hundreds of bars and clubs along this busy thoroughfare: popular venues include the tube, the woods, embargo, brown's, the jersey lily and the black bear.
Stokes Croft
And gloucester road: the anarchic area of stokes croft is home to bristol's big independent clubs, blue mountain, lakota and clockwork. whilst not in stokes croft, club motion, hidden behind temple meads station is a relatively new addition to the bristol scene, hosting similar nights and acts as these venues. a skate park by day, this huge by any standards club has become one of bristol's most popular, is internationally known, and is well worth a visit for seasoned clubbers; after these monoliths, there are live music venues, pubs and bars to please the alternative crowd. highlights include the pipe and slippers, the croft, the bell, the flyer and the prince of wales.
The fact that it's the home to around 44,000 students probably says a lot for the quality of the city's nightlife. Surprisingly, though, it's relatively expensive, with prices similar to those in London. Mainstream nightlife centers around 3 main areasã-ãCorn Street in the 'old city', Park Street / Whiteladies Road, and the Harbourside. These areas get extremely busy, if not rowdy, at weekends, however there are plenty of places in Bristol where you can have a good time without mixing with more student type crowds. drinksinbristol is a good source of information, as is Venue magazine.. The eastern end of King Street in the old city provides a slightly more relaxed, but popular, outdoor drinking area on sunny summer evenings, surrounded by historic pubs such as the 17th-century Llandoger Trow reputed to have been the haunt of pirates and the model for the Admiral Benbow in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island".
Amongst the hundreds of brilliant venues in the city, there are four outstanding areas:
St Nicholas' Market
Including baldwin street: on and around corn street, you'll find several chain bars, including wetherspoons' the commercial rooms on corn street which was once a meeting place for merchant ventures. other reliable venues include the slug & lettuce and vodka revolution on st nicholas street, all bar one and walkabout on corn street and o'neill's and reflex on baldwin street. however, those looking to get away from the familiar will definitely enjoy start the bus at the bottom of corn street, an established indie pub-come-club; also, mr wolf's on st stephen's street offers noodles and live music.
If you're a tourist in Bristol, you may enjoy visiting one of the city's pubs and bars with historic and literary connections.